- Title: Overnight German kiosk explosion kills three, injures sixteen others
- Date: 16th May 2024
- Summary: DUESSELDORF, GERMANY (MAY 16, 2024) (REUTERS) PARTLY DESTROYED SIX-STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE A KIOSK ON THE GROUND FLOOR EXPLODED OVERNIGHT, DEBRIS STREWN ACROSS STREET, FIREFIGHTERS ENTERING CHARRED BUILDING FIREFIGHTER ON BALCONY OF BURNED OUT APARTMENT DEBRIS LYING ON STREET BETWEEN CHARRED PARKED CARS DUESSELDORF FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCK CHARRED PARKED TAXI PARKED A
- Embargoed: 30th May 2024 09:15
- Keywords: Duesseldorf dead explosion firefighters injured kiosk overnight
- Location: DUESSELDORF, GERMANY
- City: DUESSELDORF, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Fires
- Reuters ID: LVA001308516052024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A powerful explosion ripped through an apartment building in the western German city of Duesseldorf early on Thursday (May 16) and left three people dead and 16 others injured, two of whom are fighting for their lives, according to the local fire department.
The cause of the explosion inside a ground floor kiosk of a six-storey building and the ensuing fire was not immediately known.
Several cars parked across the street from the partly destroyed building caught fire and widespread debris was seen strewn across a large area.
According to Duesseldorf’s fire department, more than 100 firefighters were deployed to the scene while the criminal police have taken up an investigation.
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